8:47 AM,
Jan. 20, 2014

Evan Perricelli, 6, of Union was diagnosed with idiopathic aplastic anemia in July, shortly after his kindergarten graduation.

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Why do "tomarrow" what you can do today? That's the question asked by the Perricelli family of Union.

Youngest son Evan, 6, was diagnosed last July with idiopathic aplastic anemia, a blood disease where the immune system attacks healthy bone marrow, Evan's mom, Lisa Perricelli, said. It started when she noticed Evan having a lot of bruising.

After receiving the diagnosis, he was kept alive with blood transfusions, something that couldn't be sustained for too long. The first treatment choice is to have a sibling bone marrow match, Perricelli said. ...